Questões de Língua Inglesa do ano 2014

 

According to the text above, judge the following items.

The word “allay” (l.3) is used as a verb and it means reduce or ease.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

 

According to the text above, judge the following items.

People have inherited from the Bible the notion that auditing is necessary because of the inherently dishonest nature of human beings.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

 

According to the text above, judge the following items.

Without changing the meaning of the text, the fragment “explains the basic rationale for instituting controls rather straightforwardly” (l.16-17) could be correctly replaced with explains a common-sense approach to retain control instead of simply handing it over.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

 

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If the expression “for all the” (l.6) were replaced by despite the, the text would still be correct and the meaning of the sentence would be maintained, something that would not occur if it were replaced by if there is.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

 

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In line 8, “bean-counters” is a derogatory expression used to describe second-class accountants who deal specifically with agribusiness.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

 

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The idea expressed in the second paragraph can be correctly explained by the following sentence: In 2002 a draft bill was voted by the American Congress proposing the setting of enhanced standard for all US state-owned-company boards, management and public accounting firms.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

 

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According to the text, Congress’ underlying motivation to pass the Sarbanes-Oxley act was its indignation over the shameful behaviour of some corporations in early 21st century.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

 

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The title of the text refers to the fact that it is necessary to start regarding auditors as key players in today’s globalized world.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

 

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One of the premises of the text is that every time there is a sudden economic crisis, we tend to quickly try to find a culprit.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

Judge the following items, according to the text above.

The author accuses some firms of bribing unscrupulous academics to put forward compelling arguments hereby they could block proposals to create mandatory audit rotation.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado